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Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope by: Allan J. Hamilton Product Description: A Harvard-educated neurosurgeon reveals his experiences-in and out of the operating room-with apparitions, angels, exorcism, and after-death survival, and shares the lessons he learned.
A young burn victim remains in a coma until a ghost appears.
A doctor discovers he can predict when a patient will die.
A clinically dead patient later recounts extraordinary details about the private lives of her caregivers.
A physician needs the help of a Navajo shaman to exorcise the spirit of his dead patient. Rating:  This is a must reading for all medical students. So often, the spiritual side of health care is neglected. Often patients are seen as numbers or their disease diagnosis. The interaction between patient and doctor is so important. The author makes these points so vividly. I throughly enjoyed this book and plan to buy this book as a birthday gift for my son who is a surgeon. more...
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